25 FORGOTTEN Poor Man Suppers From the 1950s That Fed a Family for Under a Dollar

Before fast food, before frozen dinners, a family of five sat down to supper every night for less than a dollar. These are 25 forgotten poor man suppers from the 1950s — the meals your grandmother made from a pound of hamburger, a sack of potatoes and whatever was left in the pantry. From hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes and creamed tuna on toast to slumgullion, city chicken and Hoover stew, every dish here fed a real family through lean weeks — and almost all of them have quietly disappeared from American kitchens. We count down from 25 to number 1, and the last one may be the simplest supper you have ever heard of — and the one people miss the most. Which of these did your family eat? Tell us in the comments — and if there's a supper we missed, we'd love to hear about it. If you enjoy stories about how our parents and grandparents really lived, subscribe for a new forgotten recipe list every week.